Nuclear reactors produce one byproduct that is key to our future. Canada must stockpile it
Instead of running on binary ones and zeros, they run on quantum bits (qubits), which are in all states simultaneously. Qubits require temperatures colder than the coldest part of space. So the global race to expand quantum technologies relies on what’s known as cryogenic infrastructure to create the near-absolute-zero conditions that qubits need.
- ▪Instead of running on binary ones and zeros, they run on quantum bits (qubits), which are in all states simultaneously.
- ▪Qubits require temperatures colder than the coldest part of space.
- ▪So the global race to expand quantum technologies relies on what’s known as cryogenic infrastructure to create the near-absolute-zero conditions that qubits need.
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Open this photo in gallery:Canada's ability to harvest a rare isotope of helium from it's nuclear reactors spells a potential benefit for Canada’s quantum tech pursuits.JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK/AFP/Getty ImagesShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountChris Cassin is the chief executive of Zero Point Cryogenics.When Energy Minister Tim Hodgson announced that Canada would build 10 new nuclear reactors, it was an energy announcement – but it can also be a quantum sovereignty story.The announcement comes with a potential benefit for Canada’s quantum tech potential: the ethical creation of helium-3, one of the rarest and most important elements for the world’s future quantum economy, including quantum computers, quantum sensors and quantum communications.
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